Television Everyone should be watching Squid Game

[thewhyteboar]

It's on Netflix and holy shit is it good. 

 

I don't want to give to much away, so just watch it.

[Keyser_Soze]

I was going to watch it next but I was going to watch it under my own power not because you said so.

 

Just want you to feel as bad as I do when no one watches after I say watch [insert korean show]

[Bacon]

"survival drama" 

Hard Pass. Seems somewhat Battle Royal-ish and I don't like BR media.

[Brian]

7 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

I was going to watch it next but I was going to watch it under my own power not because you said so.

 

Just want you to feel as bad as I do when no one watches after I say watch [insert korean show]

I feel ya bud. I pushed The Genius and no one cared to watch it. 

[EternallDarkness]

Was going to post this last night....but I was too busy watching. I think I'm on episode 7 so almost done. Horrible English dub but the show is addictive. And @Keyser_Soze plenty of people are watching the show, it's been in the daily top 10 since it dropped. 

[Keyser_Soze]

12 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said:

plenty of people are watching the show, it's been in the daily top 10 since it dropped. 

 

Probably a bad sign. The more people who watch it the worse it probably is. The fact you like it is already a red flag!

 

Also English dub

 

Jesus.

 

 

[EternallDarkness]

21 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

Probably a bad sign. The more people who watch it the worse it probably is

 

 

 

 

 

 started watching it while I was doing something else so needed the dub on because I couldn't be watching the screen nonstop to read the subtitles  

[Keyser_Soze]

I watched the first episode. It's certainly interesting. Unlike a lot of Korean shows that take beyond a full episode to get good this one has a certain appeal right off the bat and takes maybe half the episode to set up and start getting crazy. I'll probably end up watching the whole thing and giving my full @Greatoneshere approved analysis later.

 

One thing OP screwed up on is he should have said Gong Yoo is in this, which of course means everyone should watch it.

[thewhyteboar]

4 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

I watched the first episode. It's certainly interesting. Unlike a lot of Korean shows that take beyond a full episode to get good this one has a certain appeal right off the bat and takes maybe half the episode to set up and start getting crazy. I'll probably end up watching the whole thing and giving my full @Greatoneshere approved analysis later.

 

One thing OP screwed up on is he should have said Gong Yoo is in this, which of course means everyone should watch it.

Stay tuned, there's a fun cameo at the end. ^^

[Greatoneshere]

5 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

I watched the first episode. It's certainly interesting. Unlike a lot of Korean shows that take beyond a full episode to get good this one has a certain appeal right off the bat and takes maybe half the episode to set up and start getting crazy. I'll probably end up watching the whole thing and giving my full @Greatoneshere approved analysis later.

 

One thing OP screwed up on is he should have said Gong Yoo is in this, which of course means everyone should watch it.

 

What's the show about?

[Keyser_Soze]

7 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

What's the show about?

 

It's like a game show with a bunch of contestants but let's say if you lose, it's not very good. - But it's an actual show with a story and stuff, not a game show.

 

It follows one person in particular, though I don't know if we will continue to follow him. I've only seen the first episode god! He's kind of in debt and will do anything for money at this point.

 

There, that's like a spoiler free synopsis!

[EternallDarkness]

1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

It's like a game show with a bunch of contestants but let's say if you lose, it's not very good. - But it's an actual show with a story and stuff, not a game show.

 

It follows one person in particular, though I don't know if we will continue to follow him. I've only seen the first episode god! He's kind of in debt and will do anything for money at this point.

 

There, that's like a spoiler free synopsis!

 

wow..hell of a awesome synopsis! finished it up last night

[Kal-El814]

So a question about the very end for anyone who knows more about Korean culture than I do…

 

Again, spoilers and me being an ignorant American…

 

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So at the end Gi-hun gets a haircut and a bright red dye job. Is that supposed to imply something? I tried googling it without much luck. Nobody else on the show is styled like that so I assume it wasn’t meaningless.

 

[best3444]

Watched the first episode. I'm not that into it but I may watch the second episode tonight. 

[Brian]

1 hour ago, best3444 said:

Watched the first episode. I'm not that into it but I may watch the second episode tonight. 

If you didn’t like the first, I don’t think there is anything in the next episode that will change your mind. 

[Fizzzzle]

I just finished it. I thought it was pretty good. The cinematography was awesome. The story isn't revolutionary or anything, but it's good.

[Amazatron]

That marbles episode messed me up good…

[Captain Pickle]

15 minutes ago, Amazatron said:

That marbles episode messed me up good…

Spoiler

I mighta got a bit teared up with the two girls scene

 

[Fizzzzle]

18 minutes ago, Amazatron said:

That marbles episode messed me up good…

Definitely the best episode.

[best3444]

9 hours ago, ManUtdRedDevils said:

If you didn’t like the first, I don’t think there is anything in the next episode that will change your mind. 

 

It was just ok. I did watch 30 min of the second episode. It's entertaining i guess 🤷 

[Keyser_Soze]

11 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

It was just ok. I did watch 30 min of the second episode. It's entertaining i guess 🤷 

 

What do you think happens in the next 30 minutes?

[best3444]

2 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

What do you think happens in the next 30 minutes?

 

That was what kept my attention in the first one. It started out boring then got pretty entertaining once they played a game. I don't want to spoil anything. I think I'll continue watching this. I enjoy the main character.

[Fizzzzle]

The English dub is legitimately awful, and I'm not normally a sub snob. If that's how you're watching it, I understand why you'd be underwhelmed.

 

I only put it on a few times when I had to pay attention to multiple things at once, and it sucked.

[thewhyteboar]

10 hours ago, Amazatron said:

That marbles episode messed me up good…

That one was absolutely insane.

This show is the first acting gig for the woman who plays the North Korean. She is actually a model.

[best3444]

48 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said:

The English dub is legitimately awful, and I'm not normally a sub snob. If that's how you're watching it, I understand why you'd be underwhelmed.

 

I only put it on a few times when I had to pay attention to multiple things at once, and it sucked.

 

Oddly enough, the English dub doesn't bother me. It's God awful but I think the voice work is solid.

[Amazatron]

The one thing that annoyed me was how cringeworthy the VIPs were.

[best3444]

On episode 5. It's addicting and brutal. I want to know what happens at the end now. 

[Fizzzzle]

8 hours ago, Amazatron said:

The one thing that annoyed me was how cringeworthy the VIPs were.

They definitely didn't splurge on any acting other than the Koreans.

[thewhyteboar]

1 hour ago, Fizzzzle said:

They definitely didn't splurge on any acting other than the Koreans.

A lot of Korean shows have AWFUL English-speaking actors. Half of the time it feels like they get like random Russian dudes, tell them the phonetics of what to say, and let it rip. I guess they figure that a Korean audience won't realize they aren't native speakers.

[Amazatron]

I mean, the delivery of the lines is comically bad, but the dialogue itself is utter trash also.

[Keyser_Soze]

2 hours ago, thewhyteboar said:

A lot of Korean shows have AWFUL English-speaking actors. Half of the time it feels like they get like random Russian dudes, tell them the phonetics of what to say, and let it rip. I guess they figure that a Korean audience won't realize they aren't native speakers.

 

I love when they include some English speaking guy, like an American. They're always evil too.

[EternallDarkness]

2 hours ago, Amazatron said:

I mean, the delivery of the lines is comically bad, but the dialogue itself is utter trash also.

 

the worst delivery is from the psycho 'evil' woman, absolutely hilariously bad

[best3444]

On 9/27/2021 at 10:28 PM, Amazatron said:

That marbles episode messed me up good…

 

On 9/27/2021 at 10:47 PM, Fizzzzle said:

Definitely the best episode.

 

Yep, just finished episode 6. Easily the best episode thus far. I felt bad for 

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The old man mostly. That was kinda hard to watch. The two girls didn't really bring too much emotion out of me. The "model" is dead inside and I don't like her as a character. 

 

[best3444]

On 9/28/2021 at 10:42 AM, Amazatron said:

The one thing that annoyed me was how cringeworthy the VIPs were.

 

Boy, you weren't joking...

[Amazatron]

22 hours ago, best3444 said:

 

 

Yep, just finished episode 6. Easily the best episode thus far. I felt bad for 

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The old man mostly. That was kinda hard to watch. The two girls didn't really bring too much emotion out of me. The "model" is dead inside and I don't like her as a character. 

 

 

Spoiler

For me, I felt for Ali. All along, he was the most naive, trusting, and genuinely "good" character/player. He truly believed Sang-Woo's lie and trusted him fully that they could somehow both proceed in the game, and the realization that he had when he looked into his bag was heartbreaking. Also, the girl who sacrificed herself did an amazing job of making me care for a character that was barely introduced in the story.